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Abstract

In this study, the AA. determine the empirical relationship between water consumption and variations in temperature and precipitation. They find the sensitivity of water consumption to either climate variable is positively related to the percent of land covered in mesic irrigated landscaping, mean household income, lot size, and percent of single-family residential lots containing swimming pools. They use estimated changes in temperature and precipitation for 50 model-scenario combinations presented by the IPCC, and they determined that mean water consumption should increase by an average over 3% by 2050, but the climate-induced change in consumption varies considerably across census tracts